Written in simple, understandable and fascinating language, Alexander Vinnichuk’s book “The Mystery of Emptiness. How to Create Worlds” is an attempt to give reasonable answers to fundamental cosmological and philosophical questions. The scientific world and all thinking humanity stands on the threshold of a new “big” physical paradigm, the victorious march of which will unfold in the 21st century. If all previous scientific approaches were positivist, that is, they studied “really” existing matter, then the new paradigm will focus on studying the nature of dark energy, virtual particles and the cosmic vacuum – the great Void. At some point, our knowledge ends abruptly, pushing science to a deeper level. The question arises: where did such a huge amount of matter come from, if there was nothing before the creation of the Universe? If you imagine a thread coming out of your forehead and going into the vast distance, then where will this thread lead? The author had an unexpected epiphany…